After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 196 Whose disciple is so stupid?
She subtly mocked their lack of intelligence, channeling more spiritual energy into them, tightening the vines, and increasing the force of the whipping.

If you're so capable, then break free of the cane yourself. If you're not, then shut up and stop yelling!

They were whipped until their skin was torn and bleeding, and then their sect's elders arrived.

Lin Yan instantly withdrew her spell, her face immediately adopting a righteous and indignant expression as she preemptively accused, "Is this the disciple of your sect? Your words are so offensive; you certainly don't seem to have received any education."

The elder looked displeased, but still asked first, "What happened?"

His original intention was to let those disciples argue their case so that he could uphold justice for them.

Lin Yan didn't give them a chance to speak, and continued, "They slandered and ridiculed me in all sorts of ways. If it weren't for my kind heart, anyone else would have been reincarnated long ago with those mouths of theirs."

At this point, she adopted an indignant expression, as if she had been slandered, saying, "Although I am a rogue cultivator, I will not tolerate being slandered and having my dignity trampled on! I beg this elder to give me an explanation and restore my justice!"

The elder's face turned extremely ugly upon hearing her accusation.

The sect disciples who had been whipped were still groaning on the ground, showing their elders how miserable they were.

They protested, "Elder, we were just exchanging a few words when she suddenly attacked us and beat us up like this!"

“Normal discussion? Then you might as well tell me how you were discussing it. I’ve always been good-tempered and gentle. I was forced to leave the sect because I had no other choice. If your words hadn’t gone too far, I wouldn’t have bothered to take action.”

Her implication was: even though we beat them up like this, we were forced to! Who told them to be so careless with their words?
Those disciples stammered...

With so many people present, their remarks were clearly heard. Their repetition was inaccurate; simply pointing out any one of those present would expose their error.

Sect disciples look down on independent cultivators and are unwilling to associate with them, but it's hard to guarantee that there aren't people who have grudges against them who will come forward to testify.

If some independent cultivators come forward to testify, they can still claim that these independent cultivators colluded with each other.

If disciples from other sects stand up, can they really accuse them of being a bunch of snakes and rats?

When the elder saw his disciple like this, he knew which side was in the wrong in this dispute.

This is a disciple of Venerable Duan Yi of the Miao Fa Sect. Although she did not join the sect, Venerable Duan Yi defended her in public on several occasions, which shows how much he valued her.

If she were in the wrong, he could certainly handle it on the spot, but things are a bit tricky now.

He thought for a moment and said, "Their words were indeed inappropriate, but you have already taught them a lesson, so we've evened things out. Let's drop this matter."

Lin Yan, seeing that she had the upper hand, accepted the offer and said, "In that case, I will not hold it against them and will forgive them."

Upon hearing this, the men gritted their teeth in anger. They had been beaten so badly, and she was saying she wouldn't hold it against them? What kind of logic was that!
"Senior, I have something urgent to report. When I came out, I heard them making slanderous remarks about me, and I almost forgot about the important matter."

Upon hearing this, the elder knew that something big had happened in the secret realm, so he sent someone to tell them immediately.

“At least a Xuan-level demonic beast appeared in the secret realm. I encountered it by chance while hunting. I was quite far away at the time, but I could feel its powerful aura. Knowing that I was no match for it, I quickly erased my identification tag and was teleported out, thus escaping a disaster.”

She made this up, but the point was to spread the word that there were powerful monsters in the secret realm. Whether they believed it or not was none of her business.

The highest-ranking monsters that should appear in the beginner-level secret realm are seventh-rank, and there should not be more than three of them. Otherwise, it would not be suitable for disciples to go there for training, nor would it become a public trial ground for the sect.

Upon hearing this, the elder's expression instantly turned grave. The appearance of a Xuan-level demonic beast in a beginner-level secret realm was no small matter. If the news was true, the disciples in the secret realm who angered it might face total annihilation.

All the disciples of his sect have been eliminated, and the "total annihilation" has nothing to do with his sect.

It was this girl who told him the news in public, and he didn't take any action himself. If the other sects blamed him, he wouldn't be able to bear such a heavy responsibility.

Before the elders could inform the organizers, the disciples who had been beaten black and blue took the opportunity to start gossiping.

One of them said sarcastically, "Who knows if she was eliminated and is deliberately making up this lie to save face and sow discord!"

"Yes, Elder, I think she has ulterior motives!"

"She, a rogue cultivator, finally made a name for herself in the competition, using some shady means to rack up first place in the trial points. In the end, she was eliminated. Who knows if she said that on purpose to save face?"

The remaining injured disciples chimed in with their own words.

Being beaten until the skin is torn and blood is only a relatively serious external injury for cultivators. Look at how loud and energetic they are when they speak!

These people are really stupid. To say she used shady methods to boost her points, do they think the organizers are idiots?

The bracelet earns points by scanning and extracting the cores of monsters from their corpses. Does this mean she prepared a large number of monster corpses beforehand?

Doesn't this mean the organizers didn't do a good job with the testing?

Brains are a good thing, but unfortunately they don't have them.

They probably forgot that toes aren't heads, and forgot to switch back when they were thinking.

"To be honest, I'm just a rogue cultivator, and the lives of sect disciples have little to do with me. I could have easily kept quiet about being eliminated. I did speak out because I'm kind-hearted, and if anyone has doubts, there's nothing I can do."

After saying that, she patted her bottom and left without even staying to argue.

"Elder, don't believe her. She's just making excuses for being eliminated!"

"Yeah, yeah, look, she felt guilty and just left."

"..."

Listening to the words of his sect's disciples, the elder frowned deeply, wishing he could cast a silencing spell on the disciple lying on the ground in front of everyone!
How could there be such a stupid disciple? Whose personal disciple is he?
Upon closer inspection... one of them was his, which made him even angrier!

Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, the girl mentioned it in front of so many people, and as an elder and sect elder, he has to spread the news.

If it's true, then he has fulfilled his responsibility; if it's false, it's just a waste of time; and if we were to investigate, it wouldn't be his responsibility.

Seeing that their elders looked unwell, their voices grew weaker and weaker until they finally fell silent.

The elder instructed the disciples who hadn't been hit to carry the injured person away. "Don't worry too much about their injuries, just get them treated quickly!"

It would be best to cure his brain!

Sometimes, when choosing disciples, you can't just look at their aptitude; intelligence is also very important, so as not to end up like this, making him lose face!
Lin Yan returned to the temporary residence of the Miaofa Sect and went to see her master first...